ST. LOUIS FIRE DEPARTMENT LIFESAVING FOUNDATION GRANTS EMS BIKE TEAM EQUIPMENT
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On November 17, 2008, the St. Louis Fire Department Lifesaving Foundation approved an $8,000 gift-in-kind to the St. Louis Fire Department for the initial phase of an Emergency Services Bike Team. The gift consists of eight (8) specially equipped mountain bicycles. Having an EMS Bike Team will allow the St. Louis Fire Department to improve the provision of emergency services to patients in large crowded venues, such as parades and other special events throughout the City. The bikes will be configured to enable an EMT or Paramedic to bring to the patient such needed supplies as oxygen, advanced life support equipment, trauma supplies and a monitor defibrillator or an AED. A bike team will further reduce the Fire Department's response time to medical incidents in crowded environments, so as to begin quickly the necessary treatments and stabilization efforts until the patient can be placed in an ambulance for transport to the hospital. Edwin Fryer, Vice President of the Foundation said, "The concept of bike teams providing emergency services is a fast growing trend throughout the United States, and we are proud to enable the city of St. Louis to be in the forefront of this trend."
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